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c6vettepilot · 05-25-2010, 03:08 PM

Thanks for all of the comments..........topgun1, you got that right. Mine kicks in and out if I'm going 30 mph or 60 mph....it sounds pretty good when I keep my foot in the gas, but as soon as you reach a cruising speed or start going up a hill it kicks it in.

The factory exhaust is so quiet, it is no comparison to the Mustang GT. The Corvette is also too quiet. I put Dynatech headers and B&B exhaust on the Corvette and that solved the sound issue. I wasn't about to invest in headers if the AFM was still going to kick in and out on the Camaro.

As far as a loss, I am taking one. The big loss is that my current car has a sunroof with the automatic. That's about $2,700 worth of options my new one will not have. The new one will have every option other than those two items. It's always said that if you drive a car off of the lot, it becomes a used car. I had people tell me they would guess $7-8,000 difference.....I'm going around $2,000 cash + my loss of the two options. I have talked to Chevy about my disappointment with the car and that I was never made aware that the L99 had the AFM. All I knew was the L99 was about 26 hp less than the LS3. I will be discussing my thoughts about the AFM...they would not authorize having the AFM turned off. Obviously, all I know is that if I had wanted a "Hybrid", I would have bought a Prius...........a muscle car should be just that...V8 with all 8 cylinders working!

05-25-2010, 03:08 PM	#42
c6vettepilot Drives: Victory Red/Black Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newburgh, Indiana Posts: 30	Thanks for all of the comments..........topgun1, you got that right. Mine kicks in and out if I'm going 30 mph or 60 mph....it sounds pretty good when I keep my foot in the gas, but as soon as you reach a cruising speed or start going up a hill it kicks it in. The factory exhaust is so quiet, it is no comparison to the Mustang GT. The Corvette is also too quiet. I put Dynatech headers and B&B exhaust on the Corvette and that solved the sound issue. I wasn't about to invest in headers if the AFM was still going to kick in and out on the Camaro. As far as a loss, I am taking one. The big loss is that my current car has a sunroof with the automatic. That's about $2,700 worth of options my new one will not have. The new one will have every option other than those two items. It's always said that if you drive a car off of the lot, it becomes a used car. I had people tell me they would guess $7-8,000 difference.....I'm going around $2,000 cash + my loss of the two options. I have talked to Chevy about my disappointment with the car and that I was never made aware that the L99 had the AFM. All I knew was the L99 was about 26 hp less than the LS3. I will be discussing my thoughts about the AFM...they would not authorize having the AFM turned off. Obviously, all I know is that if I had wanted a "Hybrid", I would have bought a Prius...........a muscle car should be just that...V8 with all 8 cylinders working!